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State Auto Financial Corp. ended 2011 in the red, as the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer endured record catastrophe losses of $231.1 million for the year.

Liberty Mutual Insurance says it promoted Oscar Huerta to president of Liberty Compaa de Seguros Generales S.A. in Chile, with oversight of all aspects of the insurer's operations in this emerging market.

Forty-one signatures have been secured on a letter from senators to the Senate leadership urging prompt action on legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program.

Forty-one signatures have been secured on a letter from senators to the Senate leadership urging prompt action on legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program.

The government in Thailand is looking to establish what would be the largest excess-of-loss property catastrophe treaty in the worlda catastrophe fund equipped to cover losses of up to $16.2 billion.

The government in Thailand is looking to establish what would be the largest excess-of-loss property catastrophe treaty in the worlda catastrophe fund equipped to cover losses of up to $16.2 billion.

Each year, Insure.com ranks the most expensive and least expensive automobiles to insure.

Catastrophe losses in 2011 led to the U.S. P&C industrys largest underwriting loss since 2002, according to A.M. Best. And while the latest MarketScout barometer shows that 2012 began with another month of commercial-lines rate increases, Best maintains that a true hard market is likely at least a year or...